DMDExt v2.0

[AnonTet]

So apparently new rom colorizations are being released that use a new "Serum" method. While I can't explain this properly, I know you need the latest DMDExt version to see them.
Grab the installer here.

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

WAIT!
Is this all sort of a grand CV-19 metaphor...?

 

[AnonTet]

I would NOT be surprised if that was the case. A common practice is to give codenames to the software so... Hey, you can ask them devs :D

 

[xenonph]

You can read up on how all this happened here...

Beginning of a New Era

This is the next and hopefully final episode of my previous post about the current status of DMD colorizations. I'll try to make it shorter this time. What happened since then? First, let's quickly recap how colorizations with dmdext work. On the left, we've got VPM emitting frames and sending th...

vpuniverse.com

 

[GeorgeH]

I seem to recall that DMDExt can be added to FP somehow and DMDExt supports colorizations. So does that mean the colorizations can be added to FP?

 

[AnonTet]

The installer has an FP option so... yes? Although I have never seen an FP table making use of DMDExt.

 

[Popotte]

Support File - DMDExt Guide (for Future Pinball) by TerryRed

Future Pinball doesn't natively support displaying it's DMD on a separate window or on a real DMD for cabinet users. Until now, the solution to this was to use FP-Intercept (for real DMD only), or to use FutureDMD to display on a virtual DMD. While both solutions did work, there were...

pinballnirvana.com

 

[GeorgeH]

It appears there are Serum colorizations for Scared Stiff and Tron Legacy. It would be cool if someone could figure out how to add them to FP.

 

[AnonTet]

And those are awesome. But add to FP how? aren't rom colorizations dependent on using roms?

 

[GeorgeH]

Evidentally the requirements for Scared Stiff require 1) Scared Stiff ROM 1.5 and 2) dmd-extensions v2.0 from Freezy : https://github.com/freezy/dmd-extensions.

So you are right. It does require a ROM but FP can support ROMs even though it has never been done. I guess however it would be like taking a step backward since the FP version of Scared Stiff is completely coded with no ROM. ...But it just seems like there should be a way because I think all the ROM-based games on FP have DMDs that are extracted from ROMs. I seem to remember that FX3 tables use a frame from the DMD to trigger events on tables. Maybe something like that might work on FP? Unfortunately, I am sure the coding would be beyond anything that I can figure out.